“These allegations are false. What is being described did not happen. When he reached out to me, I told him directly that it didn’t happen. He filed a police report, the police investigated and took no further action. They didn’t even need to interview me. His account has changed more than once since. And now, after more than six years, he’s raising it publicly for the first time, just as I’ve entered this race. There’s nothing here. I did not do this.”
Since the allegation was reported by the San Francisco Standard, Yekutiel has lost endorsements from Attorney General Rob Bonta, Oakland Rep. Lateefah Simon, and District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar.